Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
– Tenga
– Tokyo Cancel Christmas protest march cancelled by Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men
∟Top cosplayer Enako’s Christmas cosplay is here, but is “Santacos” really an accurate term?
– Voice Actors Yuusuke Kobayashi & Yumi Uchiyama Announce Marriage
∟Subaru chose Puck over Rem and Emilia
∟She also voices Rudeus, though
∟Distracted boyfriend meme
– Pickups
∟Life’s a Race
∟Melting Pot Mario
– The CHILD assassins as young as ELEVEN carrying out machine-gun murders on the streets of Sweden for up to £13,000 a hit… and CANNOT be prosecuted
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Thieving Thieves Christmas Cookie Enamel Pin Collection
Live-Action Anime news:
– The Exit 8 live-action film announced
Theater Release news:
– ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’ Has One Of The Best Audience Scores Of 2024 Movies
∟Sonic The Hedgehog 3 DESTROY’S Disney and Mufasa in Domestic Opening Weekend Smackdown
∟Disney Hit With X Community Note for Declaring Mufasa the #1 Movie in The World Amid Sonic 3 Domestic Dominance
∟Disney Bullies Theaters, Forcing Mufasa on More Theaters than Sonic 3 Even as the Hedgehog Earns Far More
∟What we could have had with the old Sonic design
∟Movies are dead
∟They think Sonic’s redesign means people want to fuck Sonic
Series news:
Anime:
– One Piece Anime Announces Subaru Kimura as New Franky Voice Actor
∟He passed on his underwear to the new voice actor
– Rascal the Raccoon Anime Gets New Spin-Off Series in 2025
– Your Forma TV Anime Premieres in April 2025
– Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time English Dub Reveals Same-Day Release, Cast & Crew
– Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance TV Anime Announced
– Kowloon Generic Romance Anime Broadcasts in April 2025
– Mirage QUEEN vacances élégantes Anime Reveals New Trailer and Visual, May 2025 Release
– Tohai – Ura Rate Mahjong Tohai Roku Anime Premieres Fourth Trailer with New Ending Theme
– Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! Anime Reveals New Special Trailer
– Let This Grieving Soul Retire Anime Sequel Announced, Will Stream on Crunchyroll
– SANDA Anime Reveals Fall 2025 Release, Main Cast and Staff in First Teaser Trailer
Manga:
– Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Goes Back to School in New Spinoff Manga
– New Anne of Green Gables Anime Gets Manga Adaptation
– The No. 1 New Manga of 2024 Has Been Decided, and It’s Pure Controversy
∟People are clutching pearls that Japan would have issues with immigrants
∟Armchair historians confidently try to convince us of their expertise
∟IBM fired Americans to hire Indians
∟The legacy of the H-1B visa program
∟Manga Plus Edits ‘Drama Queen’ Dialogue Post-Release Following Backlash Over Protagonist’s Disdain For Using Gender-Neutral Term ‘Partners’ To Refer To Significant Others
∟Industry Insider Provides Insight Into ‘Drama Queen’ Post-Release Dialogue Edit, Suggests “The Change Request Could Be from Manga Plus Or It Could Be From The Client Publishing On The Service”
Games:
– Zenless Zone Zero update 1.4 launches in December
∟But they also removed the reason to play the game
∟Zenless Zone Zero immediately undoes change that stopped you from seeing girls butts
∟‘Gooner 9/11’ averted as Zenless Zone Zero’s butt-obfuscation technology is rolled back in the face of horny outrage
– Video Game Industry Laid Off Approx 25000 Employees Between 2023-2024
∟Nintendo Is The Only Major Gaming Company Without Layoffs In 2024
– ‘Hyperdimension Neptunia’ Remake Trilogy And Latest ‘Death End Re;Quest’ Entry Denied Switch Release Because “The Contents Did Not Comply With Nintendo Guidelines”
∟Nintendo cuts Swimsuit DLC for Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos, PlayStation unaffected
– Ubisoft Financial Turmoil Points Toward Imminent Bankruptcy in 2025
∟‘XDefiant’ Executive Producer Claims Ubisoft Has “NO Plans To Shut Down After Season 4,” But Admits “Numbers Are Down”
∟Ubisoft Officially Shutting Down ‘XDefiant’ After Barely Six Months, Promises Refunds For Ultimate Founder’s Pack And Purchases Made In The Last Month
∟Just 2 months prior they assured gamers that everything was fine
∟Ubisoft Value Tanks: Market Cap Dropped 85% From 2021 to 2025
∟Ubisoft launches a Blood Dragon spin-off featuring Rayman, but it’s an NFT game
– ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Devs Reflect On Game’s Release, Say They’re “Quite Proud Of The Critical Reception” But Admit Sales Are Struggling
∟They made the character creator free
∟Toxic Echoes and Unmet Expectations: BioWare Whistleblowers Detail Veilguard’s Collapse
∟It’s unable to stand up to a 7-year-old game
∟The subreddit is filled with crying Wojaks
∟It’s easy to make good content when you don’t fill it with Marxism
∟Meanwhile, even recent indie games with 2 developers are beating Dragon Age
∟How embarrassing
∟Only AAA is failing
∟‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Sales Far Lower Than Reported: Insider Sets Record Straight
∟‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Director Points to Hate Campaign Over Game Flaws to Explain Abysmal Failure
∟We all know the real reason it failed
∟Time magazine has named Dragon Age: The Veilguard as the Game of the Year for its «perfection»
∟Corinne Busche Is the Ruler of RPGs, Conqueror of Haters
∟‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Will Not Have Any DLC Or Expansions As BioWare Shifts Focus To ‘Mass Effect’ 5
∟‘Mass Effect 5’ Game Director Appears To Already Be Doing Damage Control After ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Backlash, Says Game Will Keep Photorealistic Art Style
∟Following Poor Reception Of ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’, BioWare EP Attempts To Assure Fans That Next ‘Mass Effect’ Will “Maintain The Mature Tone Of The Original Trilogy”
– Sony Just Patented a PlayStation Controller With a Dedicated Rewind Button
∟The actual patent
Release news:
– Ashita no Joe’s manga has finally been released
– Right Stuf
– 1970s Mecha Anime Uchu Majin Daikengo to Get Blu-ray Release in Japan
– This guy’s Metal Gear Solid collection is incredible
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Disney Kabuki merch collaboration appears in Japan, but Mickey doesn’t play female roles
– Studio Ghibli kashira piggy bank head from Spirited Away will help you save money, the anime way
– McDonald’s Japan announces another Evangelion collab with new burgers
∟McDonald’s Japan announces Evangelion burger line, releases crazy anime video for them
– Man who stole two packs of ground beef tracked by police for about 1,000 kilometers across Japan
Misc news:
– Onion-wielding man disrupts Christmas church services, pours whiskey into holy water: deputies
– Visakhapatnam: Man Accidentally Swallows Dentures in Sleep As Foreign Object Gets Stuck in His Right Lung, Doctors Successfully Remove Dental Set
– Whose bright idea was that? Doctors left stunned as man in Colombia comes into hospital with a light bulb stuck up his anus
– Woman discovers needle left in vagina during childbirth after 18 years of pain
– Zoo keeper saves monkey’s life by licking its bottom